Michael Wehner of CRD’s Scientific Computing Group was one of eight climate scientists contacted by Leo Hickman of the Guardian newspaper in the UK for a blog about the relationship between extreme weather conditions and global climate change. Wehner frames his answer by saying “Whenever an extreme weather event occurs, it is natural for the public to ask, ‘Is this event a result of global warming?’ This is not the quite the correct question to ask…the more relevant question to ask is ‘How has the risk of this event changed because of climate change?’ ” More>
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